Phonograph and radioadapter



A rii 13 1926.,

W. P. KRAUSE PHONOGRAPH- AND RADIOADAPTER Filed Feb. 15 1924 )IVENTOR Y [I 1a i A BY M UL L TORNEY Pat t OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T THE AEOLIAN CUM'PAN'Y,

A CORPORATION 01'! CONNECTICUT.

WILLIAM F. KRAUSE,

rnonoonern Ann nenroenerrne.

Application filed February 15, 1924. St rlal Ho. $92,988.

T 0 all whom/2'1. may concern: When it is desired to use the horn of the Be it known that I, VILLIA'M P. Knwsn, phonograph with a radio loud speaker, the a citizen of the United States, residing at described cap is unscrewed and removed A311 Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, have and is replaced by the loud speaker adopter, I invented certain new and useful Improve as shown in Fi s.'2;end 3. This adapter meats in Phonog'raphs and Radioadapters, comprises a dis shaped base 11 having a. of which the following is a specification. peripheral flange 12. Said'bese has e-cen- My present invention relatcs to improvetral hole through it surrounded by e nipments in phonographs and radio ztdapters by pic 13 integral withsaid base, said nipple be- 10 which a radio lond'spedlier can be reedily'ing externally threaded to screw into the connected whenever desired directly to the mouth of-the heretofore described tublular phono raphhorn. neck 8. A U-sheped metal strip i l is secured In t 1e drawings, Fig. 1 is a vertical fore by its ends to said peripheral. flange if); and and aft section, partly in elevation, through constitutes a eke tor operetively supporting the horn-chamber portion of a phonograph the screw 15, the latter serving; to releasebl equipped with a preferred embodiment of clamp my invention; Fig.

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the loud speaker 1 5 with its mouth 2 is an enlarged portion against the base 11 of the adapter-so as to de 1 with my loud speaker shown in opeartive position, said adapter. the neck 8 into the phonograph horn for one being partly in vertical. section and partly in plification. Preferably, or disk 17 of rubber, elevation, and the radio loud speaker being felt or the like, heving a control hole is pro shown in side elevation; Fig. 3 is a plan view vided between the base 11 of the adopter end of the adapter alone as seen from the right the mouth of the loud speaker so as to give hand side in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is an ena more eilective sound-tight connection. larged portion of Fig. 1 to better illustrate It will be noted that the yoke 1% is preferthe cap or closure.

1 will now describe my invention assisted nbly month of the adapter so that said yoke ciin by reference to the specific devices of ti drawings.

be swung to one side like a bail after the clamping screw 15 has been retracted, there- Fig. 1 shows the horn-chamber portion of by making it easier to-remove the radio lend a phonograph, 1 being the front of thephonspeaker 16, and vice verse, to reinsert it. ograph cabinet, 2 its' back, 3 being the deck separating the tone-arm chamber from the The neck 8, while preferably integral, as shown, with thephonogreph horn, need not horn-chamber 4: is the phonograph turntable, be so but may consist nerel 5 the sound box, 6 the tone arm and '4' y of a non-intehorn. Said horn may be of any usual construction except that I provide an openmouthed tubule-r neck 8 extending from the tion of the phonograph horn-chamber. side of the horn to a hole 9 through prefer ebly the back of the cabinet. not to be limited to the specific construction 10 is a removable cup for closing both the herein shown and described, as it is evident mouth of the neck 8,as well as that various other changesl -1night be made hole 9 through the cabinet when it is dein its embodiment without departing from sired to use the instrument solely as a phono-' the spirit of the invention or the scope oi the graph and'not-in connection with a radio set. appended claims, For this purpose, the cap shown comprises a What I claim is: circular head of larger the 1. In combination with the cabinet-enhole 9, said head being thin and on its underclosed horn of a. ihonograph, an openside being substantially tlet so as to cover mouthed tubular nee; extending from. said and conceal the hole 9. Said head further horn to a hole in the cabinet; and e. remov has an integral screw-threaded cylindrical able cap for the mouth of said neck adapted stern adopted to engage, as best shown in at the same time to act as a closure for said Fig. i, the internally screw-threaded mouth hole in the wall of the cabinet.

oi he e k 2. i combination with t cnhinet w and extending to the hole provided for the adapter liver its sounds through the nipple 13 and pivotnlly secured, as shown, to the the gral tube or the like connected with the horn It is to be understood that my invention is 1 purpose in the well or other enclosing pory an opento act as a combined closure for the hole in said cabinet, and for the mouth of said neck.

In testimony whereof, I hi l\'0 signed my 1 name t0.this spemficahon, this 12th day of Februa;

WILLIAM R. KRAUSE. 

